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IDd by Oron as Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' and Ruellia simplex

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Daisy

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IDd by Oron as Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' and Ruellia simplex
« on: October 07, 2011, 02:35:45 PM »
I know perfectly well, the name of this Miscanthus.
This week however, I am suffering from what I call middle age brain death and I just can't think of it! :-[ :-[ :-[
Can anybody help my frustration? :-[ :-[
Thanks Daisy :)

« Last Edit: October 26, 2011, 12:43:41 PM by Alisdair »
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Re: Miscanthus ????
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2011, 09:11:22 PM »
Looks to me like M. sinensis 'Morning Light'
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ezeiza

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Re: Miscanthus ????
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2011, 10:18:30 PM »
Daisy, can we see a picture of your Ruellia?
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Re: Miscanthus ????
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2011, 09:16:01 AM »
Thank-you Oron, of course it is.  I hate it when my brain forgets something I know so well!

ezeiza, I was told when I bought it, that this plant was Solanum lacinatum! I knew it wasn't, but did not know what it was, until I saw it on John's thread on this forum. It has only been planted a few months, but has doubled it's size in that time.
I notice that in the hottest part of the summer, it drops it's flowers around lunch time, but now that it is cooler, it holds them all day.
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Re: Miscanthus ????
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2011, 09:34:16 AM »
Daisy it is Ruellia simplex [Syn. R. brittoniana]
A real beauty but be carefull as you might find your self next seoson with a few hundred seedling all over the garden.
However i think there is a big confusion regarding some names that result in beeing one or two species:
R. angustifolia, R. brittoniana, R. simplex, R. coerulea, R. tweediana

I like the combination with the white Cosmos and the blue Plumbago.
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Re: Miscanthus ????
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2011, 12:00:57 AM »
Oron, Daisy's is "our" Ruellia brittoniana. Many thanks, Daisy. It flowers for 10 months or more and can be grown in a pond. Available in a deep violet/indigo, baby pink and in white.

I am wondering if all those names do not represent different garden plants
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